[LessDmesg]

Just a few days ago I've read accounts of C++ projects compiling for hours because C++ has a buggy compilation process, e.g. it copies and pastes every header everywhere instead of only one copy. Don't blame developers for obviously flawed language standards.

Templates are of course type unsafe, I'm not sure why you're lying while also admitting that they will only become type-safe in C++20.

Circular references deserves more comment: there is a difference between unmanaged and managed memory. C is unapologetically unmanaged, which cements its position on the embedded scene. But C++ has tried to be the in-between language: you have your raw pointers, and you have your refcount GC (“smart pointers"). And the thing that strikes me is the Cppistas have overwhelmingly chosen GC, but their language's GC is the worst kind, with circular references, performance costs (yes, smart pointers have a lot) and ultimately without memory safety (as raw pointers are still there). They've truly chosen tge worst of both worlds yet don't have the integrity to admit that the future is with managed, traced GC. C++ is like driving a car from the fifties and bragging about how comfortable and modern it is with that new internal combustion engine!